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We’ve Lost A Mentor- Sylva

Former Governor of Bayelsa State and immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has described the death of Chief Edwin Clark as a huge loss to the Niger Delta and the country. Speaking on Wednesday at Abuja when he led a high-powered delegation of the Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) on a condolence...
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Osun PDP Chairman Sues IGP Over Planned Arrest

The Chairman of Osun State People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday Bisi, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State to prevent his alleged unlawful arrest by the Nigeria Police. In a lawsuit on Wednesday, Bisi described the planned arrest as a violation of his fundamental rights to personal liberty...
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USAID Scrapping: CSOs, NGOs Urged To Brace Up For Challenging Times

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) operating in Nigeria have been charged to brace up for an emerging adverse global environment. Chairman, Board of Directors, Nigerian Environmental Study Action Team (NEST), Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, gave the charge, while addressing programme staff of the organisation in Ibadan, Oyo State. He said reliance on international...
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It’s Insulting For Nigeria To Be Begging For Aid –Ndume

Ali Ndume is the senator representing Borno South Senatorial District. In this interview monitored on Arise Television, he speaks on alleged funding of Boko Haram by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the role of non-governmental organisations in the fight against insurgency, ANAYO EZUGWU reports Why did you move the motion on the...
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Court Affirms Expulsion Of S’East PDP Nat’l Vice Chairman

A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital on Wednesday affirmed the expulsion of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman of South-East, Ali Odefa. This followed the granting of the reliefs sought by applicants in Suit No: FHC/AI/CS/FHR/197, between Herbert Onyedikachi, Hon Anoke, Egbe, Njoku Nwagu, Moses Idika, Ogbonnaya Idika, Obinna...
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Nigeria Heading Towards A One-Party State –Momodu

Chief Dele Momodu is a former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview monitored on Arise Television, he speaks on the crisis rocking the party, among other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU reports The is PDP imploding and shooting itself on the foot as its own worst enemy. What do you have to...
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APC Holds NEC Meeting In Abuja

The leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have converged at the National Secretariat of the party for its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in the nation’s capital, Abuja. New Telegraph gathered that all roads leading to the venue of the meeting on Blantyre Street have been cordoned off by a combined team of...
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Jonathan, Jega Decry Political Interference On INEC Appointments

Former President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, on Tuesday, decried the state of Nigeria’s electoral system. Speaking in Abuja at the Reflection Conference on Democratic Elections in West Africa, organised by Yiaga Africa, Jonathan emphasised judicial accountability and reforms to strengthen the electoral process, while Jega...
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IBB’s Apology Should Foster National Reconciliation –Hashim

A former presidential candidate and businessman, Dr. Gbenga Hashim has commended ex-military president, General Ibrahim Babangida for acknowledging his past mistakes and offering an apology to the nation. Reacting to the debate over Babangida’s autobiography: “A Journey In Service,” Hashim described the former military president’s action as a crucial step towards national healing and reconciliation....
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